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Posted by -FSP- on Aug-26-2009 05:07:

Surrogates for vocals?

I was wondering what a good surrogate for vocals. Since i cannot sing at all, nor do i have a vocalist at hand. what i want to do is slap the melody of the vocals on in the song, i've heard that the sax, and cello are closest to the human voice. so if i use them as place holders in the song until i find a vocalist, if it sounds good as a cello, or sax it'll sound good as vocals, yea? or no?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Aug-26-2009 05:15:

I think cello is a bit low to substitute for most vocalists, although it does have a very "human" sound to it. One thing you could try is downloading this:

http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/

Find a vocal snippet, stretch it out by 100 times or so, and now you have a pure voice "texture" that isn't readily identifiable. I've used it in a few tracks and it can actually make a neat "pad" type sound as well.

Posted by DjStephenWiley on Aug-26-2009 05:16:

Well I know this is obvious, but it will all depend on the vocals. If they're already written, then yes, if they're not, it'll be much more difficult.

Posted by Kismet7 on Aug-26-2009 06:04:

A Sax, Trumpet, or Flute.